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13-544: [REDACTED] Look up pinta in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pinta may refer to: Pinta (ship) , used by Christopher Columbus Pinta (yacht) , yachts owned by Willi Illbruck Pinta (disease) , a skin disease caused by Treponema carateum Pinta Island (also known as Abington Island) in the Galapagos Islands Pinta (software) ,

26-477: A Paint.NET-like image drawing and editing program Pinta, slang for pint of milk after the Drinka pinta milka day advertising slogan See also [ edit ] Pint , unit of measurement Pinto (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Pinta . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

39-733: A light sentence if they would sail with Columbus. Most of the commerce of the time was the coastal commerce of the Mediterranean, so it was better if ships did not draw much water. As it sailed, the fleet of Columbus consisted of Gallega (the Galician ), which he changed to Santa María , La Pinta and La Niña . Of these the first was about 100 tons, the second about 70 tons. La Niña was smaller, not more than 50 tons. One writer says that they were all without full decks, that is, that such decks as they had did not extend from stem to stern. Other authorities, however, speak as if La Niña only

52-520: A name then given to the smallest three-masted vessels. Columbus once used the word for a vessel of forty tons, but it generally applied in Portuguese or Spanish use to a vessel ranging from 120 to 140 Spanish "toneles". This word represents a capacity about one-tenth larger than that expressed by the modern English "ton". La Niña , La Pinta , and Santa María were not the largest ships in Europe at

65-726: A width of 5.36 meters (17.6 ft). The crew size was 26 men under Captain Martín Alonso Pinzón . The other ships of the Columbus expedition were La Niña (real name Santa Clara ) and Santa María . There are no known contemporary likenesses of Columbus's ships. Santa María (also known as the Gallega ) was the largest, of a type known as a carrack ( carraca in Spanish), or by the Portuguese term nau . La Niña and La Pinta were smaller. They were called caravels,

78-732: The Atlantic. While anchored at roadstead, she was damaged by lightning. The ship lay for a while in Danzig harbour, waiting to be repaired, but was then converted to a warship in 1469 after the Hanseatic league had declared war on England . Between August 1471 and 1473, Peter von Danzig operated in the North Sea under captain Paul Beneke , hunting English merchantmen with a letter of marque and securing Hanseatic league convoys. After

91-657: The Columbian Naval Review of 1893. Along with replicas of Santa María and La Niña , it participated in the review. Replicas are on display in two locations in Spain: In 2008, a replica of La Pinta , although 15 feet (4.5 m) longer and 8 feet (2.4 m) wider than the original, was launched by the Christopher Columbus Foundation. This ship weighs about 100 tons and often sails alongside an authentic replica of La Niña , which

104-515: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pinta&oldid=1063853958 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Pinta (ship) La Pinta was a caravel -type vessel. By tradition Spanish ships were named after saints and usually given nicknames. Thus, La Pinta , like La Niña ,

117-545: The period 1420–1439, was 66.4 m (218 ft) long, and displaced between 1,400 tons and 2,750 tons. Ships built in Europe in the 15th century were designed to sail the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean coastlines. Columbus' smaller-sized ships were considered riskier on the open ocean than larger ships. This made it difficult to recruit crew members, and a small number were jailed prisoners given

130-577: The time. They were small trade ships surpassed in size by ships like Great Michael , built in Scotland in 1511 with a length of 73.2 m (240 ft), and a crew of 300 sailors, 120 gunners, and up to 1,000 soldiers. Peter von Danzig of the Hanseatic League was built in 1462 and was 51 m (167 ft) long. Another large ship, the English carrack Grace Dieu , was built during

143-527: Was an open vessel, and the two larger were decked. Columbus himself took command of Santa María , Martin Alonso Pinzon of La Pinta , and his brothers, Francis Martin and Vicente Yanez, of La Niña . The whole company in all three ships likely numbered 90 men (Santa Maria 40, La Nina 24, La Pinta 26) although some historians cite 120 men. A replica of La Pinta was built by the Spanish government for

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156-741: Was launched in 1991. Pinta in the Galapagos Islands is named for the ship and Pinzón Island for its captain. Peter von Danzig (ship) Peter von Danzig was a 15th-century ship of the Hanseatic League . The three-masted ship was the first large vessel in the Baltic Sea with carvel planking. Peter von Danzig was built on the French west coast, and originally named Pierre de la Rochelle or Peter van Rosseel . The ship arrived in Danzig in 1462, carrying sea salt from

169-621: Was not the ship's actual name; La Niña's actual name was the Santa Clara . The Santa María ' s original nickname was La Gallega . The actual original name of La Pinta is unknown. The origin of the ship is disputed but is believed to have been built in Spain in the year 1441. She was later rebuilt for use by Christopher Columbus . La Pinta was square rigged and smaller than Santa María . The ship displaced approximately 60 tons, with an estimated deck length of 17 meters (56 ft) and

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